Warm-up strategies are commonly used to enhance physical performance and reduce the risk of injury before training or competition. Dynamic stretching and foam rolling are widely applied methods, and the addition of vibration to foam rolling has recently gained attention for its potential to further improve neuromuscular function and joint mobility. The present study investigated the effects of a combined warm-up strategy including dynamic stretching and vibration foam rolling on physical performance in adolescent wrestlers. Eleven male adolescent wrestlers participated in a crossover design under four different warm-up conditions: control, dynamic stretching, dynamic stretching with foam rolling, and dynamic stretching with vibration foam rolling. Following each condition, flexibility, dynamic balance, lower-body power, strength, agility, and wrestling-specific performance were assessed. The results showed that flexibility and dynamic balance were significantly improved in the dynamic stretching combined with vibration foam rolling condition compared with the other conditions, whereas no significant differences were observed in lower-body power, strength, agility, or wrestling-specific performance. These findings suggest that incorporating vibration foam rolling into a dynamic stretching routine may contribute to certain aspects of physical performance and may have practical implications for injury prevention in adolescent wrestlers.
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Min-Jun Kim [ Department of Kinesiology, College of Natural Science, Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea ]
Tae-Beom Seo [ Department of Kinesiology, College of Natural Science, Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea ]
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